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Last updated: October 31, 2024
General Cargo Clerk Salary
in Houston, Texas
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$51,427 (USD)
Average Salary
$25/hr
Average Hourly
$905
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a General Cargo Clerk is $51,427 a year and $25 an hour in Houston, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a General Cargo Clerk is between $37,593 and $61,353. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Houston, Texas.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$57,767
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Houston, Texas
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Description:
Houston ( ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the sixth-most populous city in North America...
Job Summary
Description:
- Books outbound freight shipments to ensure maximum use of available cargo space on company ships.
- Gets cargo data from shipper, such as type, tonnage, destination, and shipping date, in order to determine allocation of cargo and fully utilize capacity of each ship.
- Checks booking sheet to ascertain availability of cargo space.
- Informs shipper of ship's name on which cargo is booked, sailing date, and cargo delivery date.
- Records cargo data on booking control sheet, listing tonnage, type of cargo, shipper's name, and cargo destination.
- May be designated according to type of cargo booked.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a General Cargo Clerk is $51,427 a year and $25 an hour in Houston, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a General Cargo Clerk is between $37,593 and $61,353. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Houston, Texas.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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General Cargo Clerk Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Job family population: 1,501,910
Estimated population of General Cargo Clerk jobs: 48,737
Rate of error: 0.4%
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About Houston, Texas
Houston Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Houston ( ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the sixth-most populous city in North America...
Job Summary
Description:
- Books outbound freight shipments to ensure maximum use of available cargo space on company ships.
- Gets cargo data from shipper, such as type, tonnage, destination, and shipping date, in order to determine allocation of cargo and fully utilize capacity of each ship.
- Checks booking sheet to ascertain availability of cargo space.
- Informs shipper of ship's name on which cargo is booked, sailing date, and cargo delivery date.
- Records cargo data on booking control sheet, listing tonnage, type of cargo, shipper's name, and cargo destination.
- May be designated according to type of cargo booked.
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